Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2017

Two projects will test and validate wave energy converter (WEC) prototypes in open water. ReVision Consulting of Sacramento, California, will integrate wave measurements from radar and buoys to better predict ocean waves and provide data to WEC device controllers.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2015

Scott, lead commissioner on transportation for the California Energy Commission, signed the agreement in a formal ceremony at the Energy Commission’s Business Meeting held in Sacramento.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The City of Sacramento has signed a contract for an expected 650,000 gallons of Redeem to fuel approximately 100 solid waste vehicles. Likewise, the County of Sacramento inked a deal for 550,000 gallons of RNG to fuel about 100 vehicles. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

Redeem sales were also strengthened by the addition of more ultra-low emissions trucks operating in the ports of Los Angeles; and from wider adoption by municipalities including Santa Monica, Santa Clarita, Midway City, Redondo Beach, Sacramento, Ontario and San Jose.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2013

The company has more than 2,000 trucks running on natural gas in North America and is working to convert its entire 18,000-truck fleet. The National Clean Fleets Partnership is part of the Energy Department's Clean Cities Initiative.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

LLC, a Sacramento, California-based biofuels company, has licensed a biomass pyrolysis process from the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc (UGARF). Tolero Energy. The UGARF process produces a bio-oil that does not require additional refinement or processing before blending with bio- or petroleum diesel.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

Here's the latest one: a '79 in a yard (on the aptly named Dismantle Court) just to the east of Sacramento, California. The 1979 Triumph TR7 convertible listed at $11,195 ($50,449 today), while a new 1979 Fiat 124 Sport Spider cost just $7,090 ($31,951 now). That's impressive when compared to the power numbers of the '79 MGB (67.5

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Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

What did you tell the folks in Sacramento? You could do V2G through the DC port of the vehicle—this is what we are doing with school buses here in California, where our charging station converts AC to DC and then connects to the DC port of the vehicle to provide power. Charged : We’ve been covering your company for several years.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The big takeaway: If you want a free charge station and are located in a program area (Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Sacramento, San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, Bellevue/Redmond, Washington DC, Southern Michigan), raise your hand now. ChargePoint America is looking for hosts for charge stations.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

Val Miftakhov , also a member of the chapter, founded Electric Motorworks , where he first converted BMWs to electric and then moved onto manufacturing JuiceBox charging stations. “I got a thrill ride in the X1 at a chapter meeting,” said Pohorsky. And I would recommend Ian’s TedX talk.”

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Technology was on duty miles downwind, where, as the battle against these fires went on for days, even weeks, many residents of the Bay Area and Sacramento River Delta region turned to air-quality sensor networks, particularly AirNow , maintained by the U.S. government, and PurpleAir , created via crowd-sourcing of commercial sensors.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Pictures taken Jan07 during our first, totally unofficial meeting of the "Greater Sacramento Area" chapter of the EAA that as of yet does not exist. Almost all the lighting has been converted to LED now (where did Tom get THAT influence?) We just need to update the little red fin on the top there.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2011

The BMW ActiveE ( earlier post ) will be available for lease in the metropolitan markets of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, New York and Boston as well as the state of Connecticut beginning in Fall 2011 for $499 per month for 24 months with a down payment $2,250. BMW ActiveE. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The project will convert local landfill gas (LFG), a renewable fuel source, to compressed natural gas and develop five CNG fueling stations throughout the metro-Atlanta area. The proposed 87 alternative fuel vehicles include: 44 CNG refuse trucks, 40 heavy-duty CNG dump trucks, and three heavy-duty CNG trucks. Total DOE award: $14,994,183.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

Madison, Phoenix, Sacramento, Santa Ana, CA., Oakland, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City. As fleet orders increase, city governments around the country also continue to join the coalition. New partners in recent months include: Denton, TX., Keene, N.H., Santa Barbara, CA., Corpus Christi, Edmond, OK., Fayetteville, AR., Irvine, CA.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2013

The connection between the connection unit and the capacitor banks is made by the standard vehicle converter, which functions as a step-up / step-down converter. Siemens is providing additional solutions for the overall 7.3-mile

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2013

The award recipients are: Buster Biofuels, LLC, based in the San Diego area, will receive $2,641,723 to convert a 7,300 square foot industrial warehouse building into a biodiesel manufacturing and fueling facility. The facility will create biodiesel from renewable waste-based materials such as used cooking oil from restaurants.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

At an event in Sacramento, California, Volvo Trucks announced that it will commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015. US Patent Nº 8,378,159: Process and system for converting biogas to liquid fuels T.H. Volvo VNL D13 with DME. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

This facility is slated to convert 9,000 tons per year of food and plant waste into biomethane that will be used to produce compressed natural gas for a fleet of five refuse and recycling collection vehicles. Blue Line Transfer, Inc. will receive $2,590,929 to build an anaerobic digestion facility in South San Francisco.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

The project will include converting a portion of the non-tactical fleet to electric drive vehicles that will be able to connect to the electric power grid intelligently to ensure optimal electric power grid function. The total funding for this project is now $1,185,118, and includes a matching fund requirement of $671,571.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

With the coming solar feed-in tariff legislation moving through Sacramento that will pay us for the extra solar energy we produce and feed back into the grid. Convert your Prius to a plug-in hybrid and rock the world. But they’re not a slam dunk in today’s economy. NO PURCHASE! Plug In Conversions Corp.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

AUGUST 3, 2009

This effort was led by Georg Kuhnke, who lives near Sacramento, California. This converted Toyota Prius is another type of Plug-in --a PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle). He received volunteer support from Earl Cox, Geoff Kinsey, and Doug Korthof in Southern California.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Below is a chronology of hybrid Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes that have been converted. If youre interested in converting your Prius, see the information at How To Get a Plug-In Hybrid. Sacramento Municipal Utility District, April 2006 EnergyCS Sacramento County, CA dmaccur@smud.org 10. 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp.

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